monosyllable

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ syllable.

Noun

monosyllable (plural monosyllables)

A word of one syllable.
(Britain, slang, obsolete) A euphemism for the word cunt

Related terms

monosyllabic

References

1811, Lexicon Balatronicum: Monosyllable, a woman's commodity.

Translations

a word of one syllable

Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi), yksitavuinen sana
French: monosyllabe (fr) m
German: Einsilbler (de) m, Einsilber (de) m, , Monosyllabum n
Irish: aonsiollach m

Italian: monosillabo m
Manx: unheeley m
Portuguese: monossílabo (pt) m
Telugu: ఏకాక్షరము (te) (ēkākṣaramu)

See also

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